The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-03-03

ton after their passage by the House
Inc true lnwardnoss" Of the pretended
dislike OF "Tillman dictation" is laid
bare, and this "immaculate Senator, )
VINO votes Tor personal aggrandizcmcnt
ana the family rather than the public
good, Is 'hoist by his own petard." He
can discover no harm that can como to
South Carolina by the most thorough
| organization OF farmers, except that
Captain Dawson might be elect, d to tho
United States Senate.
Suppose we did elect the editor of thc
News and Courier, what harm would
follow? What has the United States
ScpntC got to do with the REORGANIZATION
OF the department Of agriculture? Sun
pose Mr.. Tindal, Mr.. Donaldson. Mr..
Nc IRIS, Colonel Stackhousc and Ill of MS
who have been leading the farmers
movement got good fat Office apiece
and bccamo "taX-catcrs" for Il time,
what harm would follow? Colonel You
mans did not pause to picture the ruin
That would inevitably result; he did not
mention the wailing among the disin-
hC1ted members Of the royal family
whose places would bo thus usurped by
these plcbclan "farmers. His nflrighted
imagination only secs that some ono not
numcd 1oumans IS to go to the United
States Senate, and his mind is made up
-Brutus was not more determined whom
he slew CmSar--Hnd he votes to postpone
the bill "with such emphasis and evident
dch&ht that it created Il ripple oi laugh
ter all over the Senate" ActuutCd by
these highly patriotic ana virtuuus mo-
yves with what magnnnimOuB air he
poses at the champion of injured inno-
c"llcc and refuses TO "slap our efficient
ana patriotic board of agriculture in the
lace. How blind he is to their short
cOmlnSS and those OF the commissioner.
tie lalIS to point out i'll what way we
farmers are benefited. lie docs not
SHOW where the $l7O, 900 they have spent
has gone, and he cannot show any
adequate result OF It's expenditure. He
r"hcnrSrS the old story of an agricultural
college and constitutional convention
costing 500, 900, Just because he saw it
III the News and Courier.
Inc 0Id story about the 'littlc fellows
at til" Globe Hotel" and the Sheppard
DAWSON lIiimaIt combination has served
ITS uses and only acts aS padding for
Colonel N"umanS's lengthy scrcrd. 1t
pat the ''pca undcr the wrong thimblc"
ut tn" August Convention, and those
who benefited by it nrc welcome to their
victory. Had / been the politician am
cimrS"d with being | would h,lyo re-
nlnp!"d away from the State Convention
and cSpOuScd no nnn's candidacy. But
VIII say ior the benefit of those farm
crS Who were bnmDOOnlcd by it last
August, and who would not "colnbinc"
on anybody, that | have since been told
ny leader and manager Of the Cling"
party i'll Columbia that "thcv knew it
VAS lie, hllt that they worked it for all
1t was worth, and that when that failed
TO stampede Il farmer DELEGATION they
would ask taumtin8ly, ''lIow has Iillman
! otd"rcN You to vOtrE" and thn Door
! &FccnhormS, rCScntiMg this imputation
! upon their independence, would come
over or be more than ever resolved NOT
to 3@ led by "Tillmun dictation." [ am
glad to know We farmers are getting
better acquainted and bccomng better
politicians, and no such "thinlblc-rip-
Sln8 Will answer next time.
1,rt the farmers of the State who sym-
l"thlzc with progress, economy and re-
trcnchm"nt, and are |disciplcs of Henry
George perfect their organizations,
Hhi Keep up the touch of elbows. Let
us have full representation from every
county at the meeting OF the E';rmcrS'
Association next November, and arrange
Our pans lor the next years campaign.
linen ii the oligarclIy still! refuses our
"cll!ahdS we can be prepared to pit or
%"lil|atloh against organization, and
honesty against chicancry and "thmble-
rigging, and sec what effect will follow.
| think we not only can "rcorganizo the
south, but the State Government, too.